The Visible and the Invisible

Mary and Marquard are painters and lovers with a common life Once Marquard gets a prize of a considerable sum of money his artistic creativity wanes While Mary works in a series of paintings Marquard visits his friend Gregor a horse breeder and philosopher sleeps with Angie and visits repeatedly her daughter Lucia Marquard and Lucia who have begun a tender and compassionate fatherdaughter relationship spend two days in a seaside hotel deciding not to speak in words The feelings and communication emerge from a very special way Mary who does not know the whereabouts and the reason of the absence of Marquard realizes it by herself their love is over Then she abruptly interrupts her work so far and starts a new painting entitled The visible and invisible